How much do you pay for training?

***Omega Supreme*** · Posted On: 1/13/2012 11:05am

Originally Posted by 7heTexanRebel

TKD club at UNT doesn't exist anymore, from what I was told he stopped doing it when UNT wanted him to pay the costs associated with the club.

The dojang is pretty nice from what I've seen to compare it to. However, there is a disproportionate amount of kids to adults (though there are very few BBs, and none of them are kids)

The kid thing is my biggest gripe with the school since when we spar I'm usually stuck with someone much less athletic than me, or I'm stuck with someone who greatly outsizes me.
I asked about why there weren't more adults in the class, and it seems the adults stopped coming when they increased their prices. Apparently they used to charge around $80/month and decided that since they were better than the nearby ATA school they should charge more. :itsnotokay:

One other thing... They pay on a contract basis, while you can pay on a class-by-class basis it's $25 a class, so I'm in a 2 yr contract. (That's the longest one they have)

2 years? $160? What is with you Texas people?

**danharr** · Posted On: 1/13/2012 11:16am

Originally Posted by Omega Supreme

2 years? $160? What is with you Texas people?

Okay.... I guess that's your way of saying he should've looked for a cheaper striking art or at the very least another school at a better rate? I hate to make assumptions but Denton isn't a major metropolis in Texas so I'm guessing he had no choice but to pay those rates.

***Omega Supreme*** · Posted On: 1/13/2012 12:11pm

I've been to Denton, I would've traveled. That's the third school I heard of that does two year contracts.

**Coach Josh** · Posted On: 1/13/2012 3:50pm

http://optimistjudo.org/

Good guys and good Judo

**7heTexanRebel** · Posted On: 1/13/2012 4:00pm

Originally Posted by Coach Josh

http://optimistjudo.org/

Good guys and good Judo

HAHA, I just found this website not 10 minutes ago and was planning to give them a visit. Now I want to go even more!

**7heTexanRebel** · Posted On: 1/17/2012 10:50pm

So I just took my first class at Optimist Judo, nice people and I like Judo!
FWIW I got complemented on my ground work and falling techniques, so I feel more confident in the quality of at least that part of my HKD training.
(BJJ hasn't called me back, showed up in person but the trainers were elsewhere.)

**Coach Josh** · Posted On: 1/18/2012 12:23am

Glad to see that and hope you stick with it.

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**jedtex88** · Posted On: 1/29/2012 7:17am

I used to pay $25 a month. I'm pretty sure my instructor was just taking pity on a broke young soul.

**euronin** · Posted On: 2/07/2012 6:28pm

I pay $100 per month for unlimited (I got atleast 7 hours a week. Sometimes more.)

**Ricw** · Posted On: 2/07/2012 9:09pm

There is a 2 hour class 4 nights a week. Half workout and half fighting. Cost is one US dollar. I do full contact glove fighting but they also offer open hand (kung fu) and Aikido which I dabble in. This is in Tennessee.

I do one private lesson per week for 20$. This also gets me access to the gym to train on my own time.

if you went to everything offered you would spend 96 dollars for 4 hours private and 32 hours of class time. Im happy.

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